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Re: Pawlenty’s Truth
Crowley astutely points to Tim Pawlenty’s opening theme of “truth,” interpreting it as both a way to market the former governor’s vanilla Midwestern personality and to draw a contrast with Mitt Romney’s reputation for political expediency. The latter rings especially true — the race to become the “Not-Romney” candidate is one of the …
What Pawlenty Said
The Democratic National Committee has been having fun with my recent profile of Tim Pawlenty–specifically by bashing him, as this video does, for allegedly responding “I don’t know, I wish I had a good answer for you” when I asked him why he’s running for President.
But that’s a distortion of our exchange.
Pawlenty’s Truth
Having just finished a big profile of Tim Pawlenty, I thought I’d offer some thoughts on his Official Announcement Day. The first is that his timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous: Mitch Daniels did Pawlenty a huge favor by passing on the GOP race this weekend, leaving the political world to focus on a thus-far overlooked candidate …
Gingrich Spins Himself as an Outsider, Thanks the Washington Press Corps
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich thanked the Washington press corps on Monday for grilling him on his shifting positions on Paul Ryan’s budget – he called Ryan last week to apologize for calling it “radical” – and for exposing a one-time loan from Tiffany’s for upwards of $500,000 in 2005-2006. “I can’t thank the …
Meet Officer X
He’s the pseudonymous gay officer currently serving in the U.S. military under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and blogging his experiences over at Battleland. From his first post, describing a briefing he attended on instituting repeal of DADT:
As with any other conversation about gays in a setting where I am not “out,” I found myself
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Enter the GOP Understudy: Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 Challenges
A few thoughts on Day Zero of the Tim Pawlenty for President campaign. First, Pawlenty is a serious candidate who, unlike many in the race, can actually be nominated. I put him in the current Gang of Three most likely nominees, …
Morning Must Reads: Set
The 2012 presidential field is probably set.
Tim Pawlenty kicks off :
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Reality Bites: The GOP After Daniels, and After 2012
The most important political story of the Obama era has been the Republican Party’s growing defiance of reality—its denial of climate science, its denunciations of Medicare cuts while proposing Medicare cuts, its …
At AIPAC, President Obama Distinguishes Between Israel And Its Leadership
For the better part of half a century, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has fought for a singular goal: To rally United States government support for the policy goals of the Israeli government. On Sunday, President Obama appeared before AIPAC’s annual conference to argue that the interests of Israel and its government, led by …
With Mitch Daniels Out, Mitt Romney Rises
Finally, Republicans and Democrats have something they can agree on: The GOP presidential nomination race is a mess. “It’s the most unfathomable Republican race of our lifetime,” a senior aide to Barack Obama’s reelection effort …
